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A little insight into the brain of an ADHDer, I’m sure you can all relate to at least one of them 👀💁🏼‍♀️

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5 things I wish I’d learnt in my first year of personal training 💁🏼‍♀️

🤍 You can’t help everyone- the work you do outside the gym is just as important as the work you do in the gym, some clients expect to turn up twice a week, do as they’re told, not make any changes outside of the gym and look like a Gym Shark model over night

🤍 Loosing a client is not the end of the world and often it has absolutely nothing to do with your abilities as a PT

🤍 Communications with your clients outside of their sessions is essential- I know I care deeply about my clients but they need to know that too

🤍 Practise makes permanent, not perfection- making sure you prioritise getting movements right before adding more weight is always best for your clients long term progress

🤍 The most important thing is that your clients enjoy their time with you, learning not to push too hard and making sure they’re having fun as well as making progress is essential for building a long term relationship with your client

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Adorable afternoon with my gorgeous client and fellow autist yesterday spent dog waking, eating chicken sausage sandwiches and training 🥰

Jumped on the trend, included my day job in medical device sales as well as personal training, and of course, Luna, and my Pepsi Max addiction 🤣

Happy 6th birthday and 5th gotcha day to my precious baby girl- I love you more than anything and your little teefies bring me life 🐶

Spent all morning faffing then realised I only had half an hour train before having to leave 🥲 I still managed 2/3 of my workout and felt like I was going to be sick after but a win is a win I guess 😅

So many people have the attitude of ‘oh well there’s no point now’ however I disagree- something is always better than nothing, I’m not one of those PTs who will tell you ‘if you can’t give me your all there’s no point in coming’ I’ve always said if you’re not 100% just do what you can- dreading your workouts and not turning up achieves far less than turning up and giving it 50% 💁🏼‍♀️

My favourite part of the day 🥰

My client of over 3 years, my platonic wife, my best friend, I’m so proud of how far you’ve come both in and outside of the gym and I can’t wait to see what the next 12 months has in store for you 😍 love you endlessly ❤️

Teaching Kelly how to pose after we trained legs last Sunday had to be the highlight of my day 💁🏼‍♀️🤣

✨1 body, 3 purposes✨

There’s definitely a preconseption that people only train to look ‘good’, whatever ‘good’ means to you

Infact, this is rarely the case, it’s often what motivates people to start training, however if this is your only goal, you’ll get bored very quickly

In 2020 I was body building and cutting for shows, all of which were cancelled thanks to Covid, with somepowerlifting thrown in. As I prepped I was on very little food and frequently felt dizzy with low energy.

2022, I started grappling and loved it although it didn’t come easy to me at all, as well as training for strength and longevity, sadly my body wasn’t recovering as I was studying a masters full time a long side running my business. I gained a lot of weight throughout 2021 and 2022 and struggled with low blood pressure daily. I had to eat large amounts of food in an effort to stop it from dipping further, I was still eating nutritious food just a lot more of it.

2024, I was in pain and needed an operation so I was limited with movements. I trained legs twice a week with no upper body. Although not as fulfilling, I did a range of movements that I found interesting. Post OPP, I didn’t train at all for 6 weeks and then I went back to what I was doing before to ease back into training and make it enjoyable. During this time I lost a lot of weight. I find being in pain over stimulating, whether it’s just a headache, period cramps etc I find it harder to eat and particularly struggle with texture.

Looking back, I love my body in every stage, I’m forever grateful that my body can do what I want it to. Weight fluctuations can be tough, both mentally and physically. I sometimes find it frustrating that I can’t lift what I used to, but each stage has its purpose and priorities change throughout life, and that’s okay.

Stick to the basics:
⭐️Lots of protein, fibre, fruit and veg
⭐️Lift weights at least twice a week
⭐️Create a routine that is sustainable and enjoyable

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